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silly question
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 9:03 pm
by finchman101
ok this may sound like a silly question but ive noticed that my recent clutch of zebras to hatch have a very large teardrop. i tried to get a good photo for you guys to see, but this is it.
this baby probably has the smallest teardrop out of the rest, it was the only good photo i could get.
Re: silly question
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 9:09 pm
by nelloyello11
I *think* you may have some black-faced zebras there!
I am sure Vargur can tell you for sure. Do you have photos of the parents you could post?
Re: silly question
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 9:12 pm
by finchman101
parents couldnt possibly be split to black face, ive had them for over 3 years and have not a single black face produced, and now im really confused.
Re: silly question
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 11:47 pm
by 6finchfriends
are they all like this? They're really beautiful! Sorry I'm not more helpful.
Re: silly question
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 11:52 pm
by finchman101
There's one more like this one and three others which are CFW's I'm pretty sure, which all have the large teardrops.
Re: silly question
Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 7:10 am
by Vargur
Well, they are not BF
but They could be splits for BC.
What color are the parents?
I have seen this "triangular" tearmark before,
and that was from my Lightback split for BC male.
Vargs, Nr. 21, LB_bc by
Elma_Ben, on Flickr
This is the best photo I could find.
A very pretty LB female split for BC.
And your Baby finch is very cute!
Love the third photo!
Re: silly question
Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 7:16 am
by finchman101
Yep there exactly like that photo. I have also got three that are CFW with the triangular teardrop.
The parents are a fawn which I got from a pet store about 3 years ago and the father Is a fawn CFW pied. And his parents were a CFW hen and normal grey pied male, but this is the first time in 3 years that they have produced these babies.
Re: silly question
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 3:21 am
by finchman101
Re: silly question
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 5:40 am
by Nagdabit
We've gotten young 'uns that looked like those before as well. And as was the case with Vargur's birds, they were from our adults that are split to BC. We did notice with our guys however that by the time they molted into their "big bird feathers,'' the teardrops were no longer noticeable.
Re: silly question
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 5:57 pm
by Vargur
Finchman101: very lovely zebra chicks!
Looks like you got there a beautiful CFW female (last photo)
The BC could be a hidden gene in your finches. (the parents)
Sometimes a hidden gene can pop up when we least expect it
